LIPA - Performing Arts in Liverpool

LIPA is a specialist university-level provider of world class learning for performers and those who make performance possible. By studying a Degree or Foundation Certificate or developing your skills with a Masters degree, you become part of a creative community where you can grow, experiment and succeed. Our aim is for you to spend your life doing what you love and are good at, while being paid to do it. Put simply: sustained work in performing or making performance possible.

STUDY AT LIPA

​We can help you reach your goals.

Are you the type of person who is committed to developing your skills and so passionate about the performing arts that you can't imagine spending your working life doing anything else?

We train people to follow this aspiration and make a living from it.

As well as developing your skills, your training needs to provide you with the experiences, contacts, industry insight and interpersonal skills to achieve sustained work.

We provide a creative and inspiring environment where you can experiment and take risks, but also learn how to turn your skills and ambition into a life-long career.

You'll find our graduates doing just this: on stage, on camera, in the studio or making performance possible all over the world.

Facilities - We offer first-class facilities and invest around £500,000 each year to update or improve our learning environment. We have high-end performance and rehearsal spaces, with technical kit which rivals what you'll find in the professional world. As you explore our range of courses, you can find out more about the facilities used by students on each course.

Teaching - Our teaching staff have worked with leading names across the performing and creative arts industries. We also employ part-time Visiting Professionals who are working where you want to be where you leave. You'll find profiles of our teaching staff on each of the course pages, where you can find out more about their achievements and how they could support your development.
On top of this, we welcome notable industry figures each year to deliver one-off masterclasses.
For all courses where industry professional accreditation can be achieved, we've met the standard, so you are guaranteed training which meets industry requirements.

Enterprise - Some 76% of those working in the creative and performing arts are self-employed, so it's likely you'll fall into this category at some point. That's why business and entrepreneurship skills are built into all of our courses. This includes encouraging you to develop a career plan and learn practical self-management skills.
We encourage you to develop your own projects and back this up by offering funding and support for shows and business start-ups. A number of different funds are available both while you are here and at different stages after you've graduated.